Addiction is a progressive mental health disorder where increases in severity over time, unless treated. It destroys relationships, breaks up families and consumes lives.

Addiction is the compulsive use of a substance or behaviour despite negative or dangerous consequences. There are two broad categories; mainly substance addiction and behavioural addiction. Substance addiction includes substances such as alcohol, legal and illegal drugs, glue, cigarettes and even caffeine. Whereas, behavioural addiction may include compulsive gambling, sex, pornography, gaming, internet or shopping.

Find out more about the various forms of addiction:

Alcohol

Drug

Gambling

Sex And Love

Internet & Gaming

Shoplifting

Binge-Eating

Codependency

Families in Recovery through Education and Empowerment

FREE stands for Families in Recovery through Education and Empowerment. FREE is a workshop for the family members of addicted ones.

SMART stands for Self-Management & Recovery Training. Participants learn tools for addiction recovery based on the latest scientific research and participate in a world-wide community which includes free, self-empowering, science-based mutual help groups.